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WWUS84 KMEG 121915
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
215 PM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
ARZ058-MSZ010-011-020-122000-
PHILLIPS AR-COAHOMA MS-TALLAHATCHIE MS-QUITMAN MS-
215 PM CDT SAT SEP 12 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS
COAHOMA...NORTHWESTERN TALLAHATCHIE AND QUITMAN COUNTIES THROUGH 300
PM CDT...
AT 215 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
KINGS, OR 7 MILES NORTH OF CLARKSDALE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARKSDALE, ELAINE, TUTWILER, MARKS, LAMBERT, JONESTOWN, FRIARS
POINT, CROWDER, BELEN, DUBLIN, VANCE, KINGS, SHERARD, COAHOMA, LYON,
MATTSON, RENA LARA, COUNTS, RUDYARD, AND BARKSDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3439 9077 3440 9042 3423 9013 3406 9014
3397 9045 3399 9045 3399 9049 3406 9066
3412 9066 3412 9078 3421 9098
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 297DEG 15KT 3431 9057
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
PWB
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